Odds and Ends: Moore, Manny, Hudson

Great article by Joel Sherman on Manny. Really paints a picture. I think any team looking to bring him on for their '09 roster should read it and take heed to its warning.

I think people should stop hating on Manny. Think about what hundreds of people do each day. They hate their job, so they quit and get a new job. The man still wants to play baseball, just not for a particular company. (and he does play well.) I think any team would do well to sign Ramirez to a 3 year deal with options for 4 and 5...

well i dont like manny becuase he DO NOT HUSTLE most of the time, and he is just lazy. He needs to go out and just play baseball. If he doesnt like playing baseball go be a construction worker. I would rather have somebody who plays his a** off,because you know that he will hustle all the time, than manny, which you dont know if he will play hard or not.

i hope manny stays in LA, just stay away from the Chicago and anywhere near.

Agreed, thinkblue. I don't want the Yankees to sign him but not because of any of this outside stuff, just because I don't think a soon 37 year old corner/DH should be a priority.

And, while I'm certainly not the first to point this out, it bears repeating. Everyone talks about how Manny tanked his way out of Boston but his July line was .347/.473/.587. Talking points, meet data.

Cubs land: For your benefit, I hope they pass on Manny and sign Erstad or some renounced hustlestar with 10% of the talent. I'm sure it will work out for the better for you.

NOT JOR MORGAN: Thanks, me too!

1. Less power to the new GM means more power to Lincoln and Armstrong. That's just bad news.

2. A #2-3 starter is more valuable than an elite closer. Soria should definitely get a shot at the rotation. He doesn't have any major injury issues, and wasn't he a starter in the Mexican League? (not sure on that). If he isn't effective as a starter, let him go back to closing. The Royals aren't really sure locks for contending in '09 anyways.

NOT like him (Soriano), because when Soriano was hurt he worked his a** off to get back to playing.

Casanova: Keith Law has commented on this a lot of times, basically stating race is still an underlying issue in the game.

Cubs Land: How do you know how hard Soriano worked? (Or maybe if he followed Manny's offseason regimen he wouldn't have gotten hurt. OMG!)

(And in my above post, it should be "renowned", not "renounced".)

If I were Walt Jocketty I'd give Furcal whatever he wanted to get him in Cincy. Gonzalez is not reliable and Keppinger is a utility player and does not have the range to play short. If the Reds could get Furcal that takes care of the shorstop problem and leadoff problem. The reds are content with their rotation going into next year where the money they have to spend this winter wont have to be on pitching like years past so why not give it to furcal and then call up detroit and see what it will take to get Magglio from them.

Furcal - ss
Dickerson / Stubbs - cf
Votto - 1st
Maggs - LF
Bruce - RF
Phillips - 2nd
EE - 3rd
Hanigan - C

Volquez
Harang
Arroyo
Cueto
Bailey / Micah / Thompson / Rameriez / Maloney

wow, that was a dry Q&A Tim. Were you hungover or just tired of answering the same questions over and over?

"The new argument about racism, if someone's not white, it's ok to speculate there's underlying racism in criticism."

I believe this is the new counter: nothing can be racist because we can always simply claim that everyone is too PC and label everything as racist. Sometimes the label applies, sometimes it doesn't. I'll take the word of an insider like Law over the opinions of you or me.

If Moores sells 49% of the Padres, he would be the majority owner anymore as Alderson owns a part of the club (probably more than 2%). Maybe this is how Mark Cuban gets his MLB team?

If only Mark Cuban would sweep in and make Moores a huge offer for the entire team.

how does the padres are up for sale not get its own thread?

moores will not even be close to majority ownership. here is some para-phrasing from gaslmapball.com and forbes.com...

John Moores bought 80% of the Padres in 1994. Selling 49% of 80% wil leave Moores with 39.2%

Sweet!!!!!

Seattle needs less cooks in the kitchen - not more. This looks to be a case of a team president who also wants to play GM. Sorry.

Hire the best GM and let them architect the franchise. Too many decision makers will kill the process.

Their daughter Jen, also has a stake in the Padres i believe.

"moores will not even be close to majority ownership. here is some para-phrasing from gaslmapball.com and forbes.com...

John Moores bought 80% of the Padres in 1994. Selling 49% of 80% wil leave Moores with 39.2%"

Selling 49% of 80% would leave him with 40.8%, not 39.2%. And unless he sells it to someone who already has at least a 1.8% ownership stake, he's still the majority owner.

And too boot, Becky is the reason he bought that stake in the first place.

Actually, now that I'm reading the article rather than just the comments here, it says Moore is selling 49% of the Padres, not 49% of his share. So he's left with 31%, not the numbers mentioned before.

And there's not enough detail in the article to say how Becky plays into it. The ownership stake is in his name, not both. He may owe Becky 50% of the value of his share of the team, but that doesn't mean she actually gets any of the team. That stuff gets worked out in the divorce details.

Why the hell would the Cubs sign Manny? were would we put him in left? then were do put Soriano? They should try to sign Texiera if the Cubs cant, then I would see if could trade Lee. Why not see if the Yankees would take lee for Damon, then sign Giambi to a one year contract? But please Cub fans stop thinking about signing Manny